During his 18th Family Classic Concert, Dragon Quest composer Kouichi Sugiyama mentioned that he has completed his work on Dragon Quest VIII: Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi. Following the music's conversion and adjustment to the PlayStation 2's sound hardware, the game could ship later this year. Previously, Square Enix would only confirm a winter 2004 release of the highly anticipated title in Japan.

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